Making Your Heart Ready for a Miracle
Thank you so much for your kindness and good encouragement on my last post. I needed every word!
My sister Patience reminded me of this tiny piece of art I made so long ago. Oh, so fitting, one short year later. Any miracles you’re making your heart ready for?
I’m lighting a candle for mine, and yours, too, this rainy night.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
yes, i am opening my heart to the practice of gratitude. i keep thinkig about what i could do to really honor where i am right now in my life, hhmmm, what practice could help me appreciate, calm down, sit with myself, relax and then these two pieces came into my life today…a miracle
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — author Melodie Beattie
“I am content with what I have,” she wrote. No, not quite, she corrected herself, capturing the subtle depth of the teaching, “I am content with what I lack.”
November 15th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
oops I forgot to add the second qupte came from cheerio road and also both quotes will be added to my graffiti art collection to paste in the world
November 15th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I’ve been dipping my toe in optimism, deciding that my chronic illness/the prognosis need not be so dire.
I’ve been concentrating on being healthy, vibrant, making plans. Less fearful.
You really inspire me. Thank you. Thank you for lighting a candle for us all.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Thank you for this amazing reminder!
November 15th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I’m making my heart ready for whatever our current rocky waters are bringing us. Hopefully blessings. I’m also open to the possibility that life might still be pretty wonderful, even if all the things I think I want, I don’t get.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Thats a fabulous piece, what perfect timing for a good friend of mine, I shall forward your post to her. Thank you.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Jen,
One of my students turned in a paper about women in leadership in ministry, and you were cited as one of her sources - your article on postmodern ministry found at the CBE website. I told the student she had found a great resource!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I have made room in my heart for small miracles, I am widening that space for the bigger ones.
So may it be for you.
November 15th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
I stubbled upon your website a few weeks ago, and have enjoyed reading your insights and thoughts. They have been inspirational to me, as I make changes in just about every facet of my life. I’m keeping my heart open for the miracle of the final change I’d like to see happen. And hoping my impatience for it can be tamed.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:07 am
fearless true love…the biggest miracle of all…
November 16th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I swear the power of GOD is stunning. I found your blog over at Mochamomma and I swear to GOD your blog title alone lifted my spirits. I so need a miracle and this has been my refrain for the last couple of days and today I find you–yes SisterFriend GOD is whispering through your blog to me–to hold on, a miracle is on it’s way. You have no idea how much this means to me. You have no idea what it means to find you today.
November 16th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
i’m making room in my heart for the little baby i’m growing in my womb. (!!!)
[[jen, do you sell these? do you make ‘custom’ stuff? i’d be interested in having you make a little something for the big brother-to-be as well as something for the baby’s room when the time comes]]
November 17th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Reminding myself that miracles come in small packages. Training my eye and my mind to seek them out day by day.
November 18th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Love this piece. I want to open up my heart more, discover more layers, dig deeper. i don’t know how i will do this, but i’ll find out soon for sure!
November 18th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
[…] Jen Lemen has one of her gorgeous artworks up this week in a post called Making your heart ready for a miracle. The wording starts off “She had no idea what would happen next…”. And we don’t, but we will all try to be ready for it. […]
November 18th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I love the idea of making the heart ready for a miracle!
November 19th, 2007 at 1:58 am
I stumbled across your blog via Small is Beautiful, and this piece of art really hit home for me. You’re an extremely talented artist! I wish I had a color printer so I could download some of your art and hang it around the house. And I definitely am preparing my heart for a real miracle… whenever God decides to bless me with it.
November 21st, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I just made this picture my desktop wallpaper, thank you for the reminder. I need a lot of miracles right now, just to get through each day.